Tire-holder.



H. TUTTLE.

' TIRE HOLDER. APPLIG-ATION FILED MAY 15, 1913,

Patented Aug. H, 19M,

HARRY TUTTLE, QF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA..

TIRE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application led May l5, 1913. Serial No.

shown in Figs. 2

Patented Aug. lil, i914.. remis.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connersville, in the county of Fayette and State of lndiana, have invented a new and user'ul improvement in rl`ire-l-lolders, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin tire-holders, and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure l is an elevation of my improved tire-holder showing the same in its operative position; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a view of the clampingmeans, taken lfrom the same direction as Fig. 3. but with the parts in an alternative position for holding two tires, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of my improved tire-, holder.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is a semicircular band of metal to which are secured, preferably by rivets, three plates 6, 7 and 8, respectively. The plates 6 and 7 are provided with integral brackets 9 which eX- tend from them to the body of the car, (Fig. 2), to which they are bolted or otherwise secured, these brackets forming the means for Supportin the entire structure.

o secure greater sti ness, the plates 6 and 7 are connected together by a strut l0. Aside from these brackets and the attac-.lr ing means for the strut l0, the three plates 6, 7 and 8 are in all respects alike, and reference will now be had more especially to the plate 6, which is shown in Fig. 2. This plate, it will be seen, like the others, is provided with two inwardly-extending ears ll and l2, one on each side of the plate, and the two ears being displaced circumferentially so that the ears are in staggered posi tions. This construction enables clips to be mounted on the ears in position to hold one or two tires. Each ear is centrally perfoH rated and screw-threaded to receive the threaded end of a bolt.

13 and 14 are two clips, each of which consists of a cylindrical portion perforated to receive the bolt which enters the corresponding ear ll or l2, as the case may be, and a hooked portion adapted to engage the edge of a rim such as is commonly used in connection with demountable tires. As

and 3, each clip lies onthat nearest to the center of the plate. When so arranged, the hooked parts of the clips are just at the proper distance that when the bolts holding the clips in position are tightened up, the clips will tightly engage and hold a single demountable rim of standard form. However, it it be desired @o carry two tires and rims, each clip can be taken oil by unscrewng its attaching bolt and can be placed on the opposite'side of the corresponding ear, that is, on the side of the ear farthest removed from the center of the plate, and in this case the hooked parts of the two ears will be to engage and firmly grip the opposite margins of two demountable rims placed side bv side. By this means, therefore, a simple and firm Vdevice is provided wherein one or two tires with their connected rims can be placed and from which the'y can be released with a minimum of eort.

structure is that when carrying a single tire, the structure has a complete and finished appearance on the car, and in no way suggests to the observer that it is a holder for two tires only half li led, while when carrying tno tires there is no suggestion in appearance that the structure is a make-shift. In the devices commonly employed for analogous purposes holders are made either for one or two tires, and if a single holder is made to carry two tires it is only by some make-shift contrivanoe, while if a double holder is used for a single tire the appearance is equally unsatisfactory.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction herein shown, and l do not intend to be limited thereto, except as pointed out in the following claims, in which the intention is to claim all the novelty inherent in the structure described as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: .1.

l. A tire-holder comprising members supported from a vehicle body, said members including stationary parts disposed in different planes and movable clamps to engage the opposite edges of a rim on which a tire is supported, each of said clamps having a portion lying against one of said stationary just far enough apartv side of the corresponding ear which is peculiarly 4 A particular advantage of the present i "forth.

` rim-edges,

.faces in different planes,

of one of said stationary part-s,

members andan extended portion formin a clip which terminates adjacent to the e ge of the rim, whereby the clips will be disposed in' staggered `relation on opposite sides of said rim and at an extended or diminished distance fromthe stationary parts, purpose set forth.

2. In a -tire-holder, two clips to'engage rim edges, and means disposed in different planes to support said elips'alternatively with their operative parts at two different distances apart, whereby to grip the oppositeedges of a single rim or' of tWo rims placed side by side. f f3.' In a tire-holder, two clips to engage stationary parts carried by the vehicle body having their corresponding and means to supwill, on-either side whereby the clips may be spaced for the purpose set port each of said clips, at

operative ends of said at different distances,

4. In combination, a semi-circular member, -plates secured. thereto and receiving support fi'oin lthe vehicle body, ears disposed in di'erent planes upon said plates, and clips y bolted to said ears to be engaged with oppofor the site rim-edges and in 'staggered positions thereon, for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination, a semi-circular meniber, plates thereon, ears u on' said lates having their corresponding aces in di erent planes, cli s to engage rim-edges'and adapt ed, at wil, to be secured to either4 face of said ears, whereby their operative ends may bespaced at distances apart to grip the oposite edges of a single rim or two rims placed side by side.

6. In combination, an upwardly-convex semi-circular member, plates at the ends thereof secured to the vehicle body,`a similar plate at the upper part thereof, ears secured to said plates having their corresponding faces in difl'erent planes, cu'red to said ears each, at will, upon either face thereof, whereby their operative ends lie at different distances apart, for the purose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of April, 1918. n HARRY TUITLE.

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